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2010s in Review: The Best Movies, Part 3
This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Even with making a Top 50, there were still a lot of movies I loved but didn’t quite make the cut. And even though … Continue reading
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Tagged 50/50, amazon, big sick, black panther, blue like jazz, burning, cabin in the woods, calvary, captain phillips, christine, dawn of the planet of the apes, death of Stalin, edge of tomorrow, eighth grade, exit through the gift shop, florida project, ghost story, holy motors, hunger games, it's kind of a funny story, jackass, jackie, killing them softly, lady bird, leave no trace, lego movie, life itself, logan, long day's journey into night, manchester by the sea, Mandy, melancholia, moneyball, mudbound, netflix, nice guys, once upon a time in hollywood, prime, revenant, room, seeking a friend for the end of the world, shape of water, short term 12, star wars, steve jobs, take shelter, terms and conditions may apply, touch of sin, true grit, under the skin, upstream color, what we do in the shadows, young adult
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2010s in Review: The Best Film Performances, Part 1
This was a nearly impossible task, picking between lead and supporting turns, comedic and dramatic. But here are my top 5 male and female performances of the decade. MEN Moonlight – Mahershala Ali The platonic ideal of a supporting performance, … Continue reading
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Tagged 12 years a slave, beginners, burning, christine, flight, gone girl, if beale street could talk, moonlight, phoenix, whiplash
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Streaming Picks: April 2019
Sorry for the delay. March was a crazy month that involved a lot of travel. The Criterion Channel launches on my birthday (April 8) and I’m hoping that’s one of my gifts. Might eventually add that to the list of … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged addams family, addams family values, amazon, anthony jeselnik, arcadia, attack on titan, baki, beast of the water, black summer, bob hope, bonding, bonnie and clyde, book club, border, bosch, brene brown, bug diaries, buried alive, burning, carol burnett, chambers, chilling adventures of sabrina, chio's school road, cuckoo, diablo guardian, don't go, fairy tail, fortunate man, grass is greener, hateful eight, how not to summon a demon lord, huge in france, hulu, humans, i am the night, i daniel blake, i think you should leave, ingress, into the dark, kevin hart, land imagined, last ship, legacies, luis miguel, mid90s, mighty little bheem, murder she wrote, music teacher, my first first love, netflix, new girl, one punch man, our planet, overboard, perfect date, persona, pinky malinky, pledge, prime, protector, quake, quiet place, ramy, red skelton, remastered, rick steves, rilakkuma and kaoru, roman empire, samantha, selection day, señora acero, she-ra, silence, sisters brothers, someone great, special, spirit, stargate universe, street food, super monsters, suzzanna, tick, tijuana, tim robinson, trolls, tyrel, ultraman, unicorn store, vikings, we are columbine, who would you take to a deserted island, yankee, you vs wild
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My Dream Oscar Ballot 2019
This Oscar season has been crazy, and as I’ve covered before, there were a lot of egregious snubs this year. So here is how my nominations ballot would have looked. For the purposes of this, I’ve limited myself to the … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars
Tagged annihilation, at eternity's gate, avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, birds of passage, black panther, blindspotting, burning, can you ever forgive me, cold war, death of Stalin, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, free solo, game night, green book, hale county, hereditary, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, leave no trace, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, mission impossible, netflix, prime, private war, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, simple favor, solo, sorry to bother you, spider-man, star is born, star wars, Suspiria, three identical strangers, vice, widows, won't you be my neighbor, you were never really here
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Reactions to the 2019 Oscar Nominations
Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. First Reformed – Actor The one to get angry about. Hawke, who’s been nominated as Supporting Actor twice, is giving the best performance of his career here. The film barely … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, blindspotting, burning, death of Stalin, eighth grade, first man, first reformed, free solo, game night, hereditary, if beale street could talk, leave no trace, mission impossible, private war, sorry to bother you, support the girls, Suspiria, three identical strangers, widows, won't you be my neighbor
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2018 in Review: The Best Performances – Film
Last year had few all-time great performances. This year, there’s an abundance. The choices in the drama categories are especially staggering. 2018 also featured my favorite comedy performance of recent times, an absolutely perfect deadpan turn from Jesse Plemons in … Continue reading
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Tagged burning, eighth grade, favourite, first reformed, game night, if beale street could talk, private war, vice, widows
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2018 in Review: The Best and Worst Movies
Another incredible year for film, even if there’s a lot more “very good” and less “great” than years past. If there was an overarching theme in 2018’s movies, it was the struggle to hold onto one’s identity. Your surroundings might … Continue reading
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Tagged annihilation, ballad of buster scruggs, black klansman, black panther, blindspotting, burning, can you ever, deadpool 2, death of Stalin, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, game night, hate u give, hereditary, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, leave no trace, Mandy, minding the gap, mission impossible, netflix, old man and the gun, private war, roma, sorry to bother you, spider-man, star is born, support the girls, Suspiria, three identical strangers, tully, widows, won't you be my neighbor, you were never really here
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